By IANS,
Kochi : The Kerala High Court Wednesday asked the owners of the Italian vessel, anchored near the Kochi coast after a shooting row, to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs.2.5 million (over $50,000) and said it could leave the Indian waters if investigating agencies agreed to it.
Two Indian fishermen, Ajesh Binki, 25, and Gelastine, 45, were allegedly mistaken as pirates and shot dead by the security crew of cargo vessel Enrica Lexie Feb 15, about 14 nautical miles off Alappuzha. Two Italian Marines have been arrested.